So that's how Mao was able to take over and subdue the Chinese people under Communism. They were all spanked and had inferiority complexes! Now there are also adults who spank each other and like it, so does that mean it is Ok to spank kids as well if you the parents spank each other? Personally I am in favor of a good swat to the buttocks for an unruly child when they really need it. I had one daughter who I only had to look at and she started crying and crumbled - so I probably never swatted her. The other three probably were swatted a dozen times total. So we probably did it once every couple of years to each of the other 3. My children were angels compared to my grandson and step grandson but then the father is in his 30's and is an unruly arrogant sob who has a couple convictions and probably was not swatted enough by a mother who let him raise himself. So I agree with Blair there are some families where life is out of control and there is a need for sterner measures before the children end up in prison.
Exactly. You can't reason with a young child, and if they get crazy on you, they WILL understand a spanking. The parent is the boss, and you shouldn't have to bribe a child into behaving. Spare the rod, spoil the child. Now, when a child gets older, spanking fades out as they mature and understand things more. I got my share of spankings, and only one time do I remember it really hurting a bit too much, and my Dad apologized to me right then about it (got some licks from his belt). Spanking, to me, was a two part thing. One, obviously it hurts, and two, it lets you know that you have displeased your parents, or hurt them in your actions as a mischievious kid. I've always loved my parents, and never hated them for disciplining me. I'm glad they did.
I got my ass beat as a child. Not just spankings but I got beat. I know 99% of the time it didn't do any good. My kids (5 yo girl & 3 yo boy) have never had a spanking and most likely never will. I think a spanking is much like a nuclear weapon... the threat of it's use is more powerful as a deterent, and once you use it control is lost.
Oh so friggin true. My pops once took a fan belt from his car and beat my ass with it. Worse beating of my life. I was probably ten. I don't think he touched me again after that. While a bit extreme I love my pops. Didn't have him around long (he died when I was 14), but I know he wanted to make me right. I was hella bad as a child and deserved discipline. I'd like to think that I am a better person because of that discipline.
